Method of finishing flat powder puffs and improved puff



Nov. 6, 1928.

C. H. FUCHS METHOD OF FINISHING FIIAI POWDER PUFFS AND IMPROVED PUFF Filed Nov. 20,. 1926 JQ-S , I INVENTOR BY I %AORNEY5 Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE...

oAMILLn HENRI FUCHS, or NEW YORK, n. Y., ASSIGNOR r0 THE ansion ew co, Inc, on NEW YORK, n. Y. A CORPORATION or new YORK.

METHOD OF FINISHING FLAT POWDER PUFFS AND IMPROVED PUFF.

Application filed November 20, 1926. Serial No. 149,629

My invention relates to a new and improved method of finishing flat powder puffs ancflF a new and improved finished flat powder pu One of the objects of my invention isto provide a method whereby a powder puff of the fiat type can be finished very neatly and quickly.

Another object of my invention is to provide a finished powder puff which shall be of superior appearance, it being understood that the claims for the article are not limited to the method of making the same.

' Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the following description and drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention, it being understood that the above general statement of the objects of my invention is intended merely to generally explain the same and notto limit it in any manner.

' Fig. 1 is a top view of a puff to be finished.

Fig. 2 shows the puff illustrated in Fig. 1 after the first operation has been performed.

Fig. 3 is a bottom view showing the finished puff.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is an end elevation of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged view of the device shown in. Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 illustrates in detail the first operation in finishing the puff.

Fig. 9 is a detail enlarged View showing how the threads are connected to the peripheral stitches adjacent the pile surface of the and.

1 Fig. 10 is a detail view of the finished pufi'.

Fig. 11 is a view of the needle utilized in finishing the puff.

Flat puffs 10 of the type to which this invention is directed and which are 'usually employed in vanity cases or compact boxes consist of a. single layer of pile fabric F which is stitched to a base portion made of one or more layers of fabric so as to provide a relatively stiff base. This" stitching is accomplished by means of an overstitch machine, such as a machine of the Morrow type, and when the stitching operation has been completed, four threads are left projecting or hanging from the edge of the puff.

Heretofore, it required considerable time to give the puff a finished appearance, and these four hanging threads were disposed of in various ways.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 1, when the stitching operation has been finished, three threads 12 remain dangling from the bottom face of the puff and one thread 11 hangs from the top face of the puff. The last loop 11 of the top thread 11 is engaged by the shank of the needle 14 and the thread 11 is then pulled through the edge of the puff so that the three threads 12 and the fourth thread 11 all hang downwardly from the same side of the puff as shown inFig. 5, for example. The needle 1 1 is provided with a rear springy extension 15 and with an eye 16 which has a space 17 between it and the rear extension 15. Hence, it is very easy for a skilled operator to pass the three threads 12 and the fourth thread 11 into the eye 16 of the needle 14. The needle 14 is then forced to the edge of the fabric F and underneath the overstitched loops 13, as shown in Fig. 9, for example, so that the four threads before mentioned are pulled underneath several of the loops 13. It is now very easy for the operator to cut off the projecting ends of the four threads, thus leaving the four threads permanently engaged by the loops 13. I

A pufi' thus made has a very neat and well finished appearance because the ends of the four threads cannot be detected by casual observation.

It will be noted that the ends of the four threads are engaged by the loop-like stitches at the bottom of the puff, so that there is no disagreeable contrast formed between the colored threads 11 and 12 and the base or top of the puff, which is usually colored.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions could be made without departing from its spirit.

I claim 1. The method of finishinga fiat powder pufi having threads forming loop-like stitches at the periphery thereof, said. stitches terminating in three threads hanging from the bottom face of the puff and a thread hanging from the top face of the puff, which consists inpulling said top thread through the edge of the pufi so that each of the before riphery thereof, the free ends of said threads mentioned four threads hang from the botbeing all on the same side of the said pufi', tom face. of the puff, andthen causing free said free ends being engaged by some of said 10 ends of said four threads to engage some of loop-like stitches.

5 said stitches at the bottom face of the pufl. 'In testimony whereof I a flix my signature.

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